Definizione monolingua

toss

toss (third-person singular simple present tosses, present participle tossing, simple past and past participle tossed or the obsolete tost)

1. To throw with an initial upward direction.

   Toss it over here!

2. To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.

   Ill toss you for it.

3. To discard: to toss out

   I dont need it anymore, you can just toss it.

4. To stir or mix (a salad).

   to toss a salad; a tossed salad.

5. (UK, vulgar, slang) To masturbate
6. (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.

   ""Someone tossed just his living room and bedroom."" / ""They probably found what they were looking for.""

   • 2003, Joseph Wambaugh, Fire Lover, p. 258:

     John Orr had occasion to complain in writing to the senior supervisor that his Playboy and Penthouse magazines had been stolen by deputies. And he believed that was what prompted a random search of his cell for contraband. He was stripped, handcuffed, and forced to watch as they tossed his cell.

   • 2009, Thomas Harris, Red Dragon:

     Rankin and Willingham, when they tossed his cell, they took Polaroids so they could get everything back in place.

   • 2011, Linda Howard, Kill and Tell: A Novel:

     Hayes had watched him toss a room before. He had tapped walls, gotten down on his hands and knees and studied the floor, inspected books and lamps and bric-abrac.

toss (plural tosses)

1. A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
2. (cricket, soccer) The toss of a coin before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
3. (UK, slang) A jot, in the phrase give a toss.

   I couldnt give a toss about her.

Definizione dizionario toss

gettare

agitare

avventare

buttare

dimenare

lanciare

lancio

progettare

scossa

scuotere

tirare

Altri significati:

to stir or mix (a salad)

(UK, vulgar, slang) To masturbate

to flip a coin

A throw, a lob, of a ball etc.

to discard

To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.

A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction (often implying a lack of care.)

to throw with an initial upward direction

The toss of a coin before a cricket, football etc. match

To search.

wave (i.e. a flag)

To discard: to toss out

To stir or mix (a salad).

To throw with an initial upward direction.